POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: The anti-DRILL team — National DEMS passing on BAKER reelect — WARREN’s stealth campaign to shed ‘Pocahontas’
The anti-DRILL team — National DEMS passing on BAKER reelect — WARREN’s stealth campaign to shed ‘Pocahontas’ 02/26/2018 07:02 AM EDT By Lauren Dezenski ( ldezenski@politico.com ; @LaurenDezenski) with Brent D. Griffiths ( bgriffiths@politico.com ; @BrentGriffiths) YOU KNOW THE DRILL - The Bureau of Ocean Management is headed to Boston on Tuesday. And opposition to the feds' proposal to offer up Massachusetts' waters for offshore drilling, which has stewed for months, is roaring to a full boil ahead of the midday hearing. Today, Sen. Ed Markey has queued up a press conference and hearing complete with 16 experts from the fishing industry, tourism, environmental organizations, and academia to discuss the proposal - and Gov. Charlie Baker met with Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke in Washington yesterday to reaffirm his opposition to the proposal, according to Baker's office. Baker's office was mum on whether Zinke made any ...